The Sun. — London, England, 1864-03-28 00:00:00

XONEY MARKET AND COMMtECIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE o'CLocK. Thole is a firm market for discounts, and a full average amount of business reported. The city to-day presents the appearance of a partial holiday owing to the closing of the Stock Exchange, and a reduction so far as practicable of the attendance in many other important departments of business. The arrivals of mails from Australia, China, India, and the Cape has, however, occupied full attention among those particular interests. The directors of the London and South American Bank have just issued their report in anticipation of the first ordinary general meeting. It states as follows :—" Your directors avail themselves of the opportunity afforded them by the present first ordi narY general meeting of shareholders to place in their hands a balance sheet, comprehending all the o perations of the company in London, from the time of its formation to the 16th of March ; and in Li ma, those which have occurred from the commencement of business there on the 21st of September to th e 6 t h o f F e b ruar y. Your direc • tors will at the meeting give every information that may be desired with reference to the actual Position of the company and its progress hitherto, an d Will treat of a pending negotiation for the union of it s i nterests w i t h t h ose o f th e Mexican B ank, Limited. This latter proposition will involve the division at this time of the profit made by the L Co mpany up to the dates already referred to, and neoce it is proposed to recommend a dividend of 6s. Per s h are, being at the rate of 10 per cent. per an- Il an], which it is hoped will be satisfactory. The date for the division of profits being agreed a nd fixed with the Mexican Bank for March 30, and 4 . 3 the accounts from Lima extend only to Feb. 6, ni`ly be fairly assumed that the profit made in the intermediate period, meets the question of rebate, On bills current on Feb. 6. The shares of your C ompany being each £lOO, and those of the Mexi- C an BUIL{ 150, on the proposed amalgamation taking effect y ou will receive two shares in the amalga !flitted company for one of those you now hold, and 118 hoped that this proposed union will be con ducive to the strength and success of the whole enterprise." The advices received this morning from the ma nufacturing districts report very favourably of trade dur ing the past week, although in one or two in stances a slight diminution of business has been Perceptible. The cotton market has been less buoy- n *l "' Owing to large arrivals of the staple. At Leeds, T Br adford, Huddersfield, and Halifax, the demand S' for woollen and other goods has continued active ; an d at Sheffield several large orders have been re ceived from India and Australia, and prices have accordingly continued firm. At Wolverhampton, t too, there h as b een an act i ve i nqu i ry f or a ll descrip tions of iro n ; b ut at Bi rm i ng h am t h e f anc y t ra d e 4es shown a considerable amount of slackness. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. SATURDAY. Cle/XItNMENT FUNDS. " Per Cent. Consols 3 per Account, April 8 I si P" 2ent. Reduced N e 2 ° `,?, per Cent B9 9 4 1 per Cent. Jan. 1891 — ',Jauities, 30 yrs, expire Bth Jan., 1880 — x D itto for 30 yrs, exp i re s t h A pr il, 1885. 14/ lehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. die Ditto £500 B Ditt o £lOO and £200 a llk England Stk, 41 per Ct., last hf.-yr Shut INDIA N GO VERNMEN T SECURITIES. inclia StoCk, 10i per Cent., April 1874 — 4 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto Acom il l• • " ) — Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888. . Do Certificates Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto Di no 5 1 per Ce n t., Jan. 1872 — 5 1 per Cent., May, 1879 112 D itto Debent ures , per Ct., April 1861 ~ Ditto ditto Aug., 1866 ultto Bond s El,OOO ..... dis Ditto under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ..... Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-68-60 Ditto 1863 9Ol 90 1 , Ditto Scrip, £55 paid.... Pm l'cloador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent l3l 'it'Yptian 7 per Cent looi4 100 I . 4 _Ditto, Second Issue i i `.'lian 5 per Cent.(Marenamana Railway ) 744 " .t exican 3 per Cent .„ D itto Account r cruvian 41 per Cent Ditto per Cent. Dit to 4} per Cent., 1862 ~., D itto Account B6 1 -t. ort u guess 3 per Cent., 1853 Dit to Dit Account. . 484 to 3 per Cent 6 1185 69 '7 , '9 P '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account 4Bl 4 Ditto it Scrip (1863) £3O paid .. pm tp, Men 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St rAtit4to 4} per Cent., 1850 864 _ Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 as_lhtto 6; pe t 1862 — Eardiniar. 6 p er Cent J l .ccOunt Ditto 3 per Cent 4-nyo Account D 544 -rJtto New Deferred Dittotto Account b., Peke's' S hn .... 4to A ccount --• t' , LLI g IN . 11 Cert. of Coup not funded — Turd' A ccount l3l i y i Palt 6 per Cent. 1854 — irsl t t o A.coount — Lott o i) ., 6 per Cent. 1858 Dit to. A.ccount 7Ol 1 ,-1 ,!t 0 % £lOO Bonds — Ditt o 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditty Account .. 711 v e a ' i ttri ZlOO Bonds.. 72 LIZ go 3 per Cent. 1 p 40 Account .. 24 IA I'o Accountt., 1862 1 ' It o c /tar, Dividends on the above payable in Lond . 1) 1 . ms 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — pi bto Account 671 P e „ tiontose 5 per Cent., Ex 25f — •". viall Dollar Bonds, 4i per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK co ils' sla M oney . 91 } a --- Ito April Account 11 1 1toP OF LIQUID.—When medical men pre e so many drops of any liquid to their patients, t r 7 1 33 ay not be aware that they do not always prescribe sail as qu a lit y . O n this subject we find an interesting ra P e r by T. T a t e , E sq., i n this month ' s Philosoph i cal c igca .inc, in which he show s th a t th e magn it u d e o f a utP depends upon var i ous c i rcumstances generally e t taken into account. Fi rs t, as t o th e appa ' a ttla. used by him for his experiments, it eon liets of a vertical tube AB receiving the liquid at to tea a 'vessel C, and delivering it at B into a vessel D. : 14 vehicle by means of which the liquid passes from C nto the tube, is a strip of clean calico which acts as a syphon. -.4 apparatus was so adjusted that the interval o f time , ‘%•een the falling of any two consecutive drops was not Il' than 40 secon d s. The lower end Bof the dropping jdbe WWI drawn to a point, and then formed to a s h a rp . .,„ e h 0 that th e t u b e a t th e part i n contact w i th the might be regarded as indefinitely thin. From five to N v et : i (ED3 Pa AveTo allowed to fall into D, which was then 4 4 " e a , by - which means the weight of each drop was t - ; 18 'rt ' i ned• In ord er t o d e t erm i ne the weight of the drop 13°I idin' to different temperatures, the dropping•tube 40 in a wide brass tube passing through a Water b - Lth, so that the drop of liquid, as it was being tight a tt a i n th e same tempera t ure as th e 4147 grounding the wide tube. From the experi (lt4 made with this a pp ara t us it appears; 1, that, isb -e , r tili ng's being the same, the we i g ht o f a d ro p of liquid for ° Portirmal to the diameter of the tube in which it is b u t not of its orifioe, provided the diameter do not b k ra 7- 10ths of an inch, in which case the liquid falls, 11° t in Vats form of a regular drop ; 2, th a t th e l aw j us t tCe'iciated. has a remarkable relation to that of capillarity, ap ei ‘ , 341 41Lt of th e d rop b eing in proportion to the ea r f„ gt of. water which would b e ra i se d i n th a t t u b e b y 14 Ar `"'"lnrY action; 3, that the augmentation of weights are th e ° p nrtion to the diameters of the outfaces on which liu i s TliPa are f orme d ; 4, th at t h e weight of a drop of lu c t " Other thi ngs b e i ng t h e same, is diminished by an b et : 49 e of temperature ; and 5, that in different solutions of th e !,. 1 Salts th e i ncremen t i n th e we i ght is in proportion to g rY salt in solution. tI, 4ETR OPoLITAN POLICE.—The coat o f t h e Me ttij°lltaz Police i n th e y ea r 1863 wa s £554 ; 25 0. Towards N 8„, exPenditure the rates supplied £346,127, th e T reasury tu 1 414 3,129 ; th e Admiralty, f or t h e serv i ce of the police kirt'e dock yards, £33,015 ; the War-office, for s erv i ces at 1).41)1,!itY st atious, £10,000; the Government offi ces an d 'ic i nstitutions were charged £14,337 ; companies and e individuals, £5,514 ; the theatres, £503 ; and th e i ssinuers o f the International E x hibi t i on, £7,448. tezablitober of the force at the close of the year—superin ak alit; in spectors, serg ean t s , an d cons tables—was 7,732 , A ss of 215 in the year. Four years ago the number 6,000. A charge is made for the . funer_als of 48 poll s in the year. The expenditure in 1863 for the i i 4ss . ay a c bl l e i Z m o f t t h b e e metropolis was £51,898, the whole of public purse. The fees and penalties d at there courts in the year amounted to £12,367. SHARE MARKETS. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. tarOl kiailwaya. Paid. Closing Bllli ne. nes.3 Price. do Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon ZO Corn wa I' 10 Do A 1 A 0 Do. B ha , tiil Cpc.pan. . 1 , ;.:ets no diN (been pai ,t) Dublin & Belfast d June. 5 Duti.,Perth,&Ab. June. it Edinburgh At Glwow. it,G lasg. and S. Weeterte. it I GreatEastern, Ord. stk It I Ditto A stock it Ditto East Anglian st' iL GreiatNorthot Scotland it Great Northern it Do A stock it Do B do it Gt. S. an IW. of Irelan , it Great Western it Do Str Val gua. stock it Lancashire. Yorkshire it London and Blackwall it Lon., Bz"ight.,& S. Coast it Lon., Chat., and Dover it Lon. & Nor'h Western it Lon. & Scr.th Western it Man., Shef., & Lincoln. ;0 Maryport and Carlisle. 24 Do t 5hare5........... it Metropolitan it Midland Do Netv it Do Binning. & Derby Kid. (It. W. of Ireland t 5 Do. 4 shares t 5 Mid Kent l 0 Do Cray Line it North British it Edin., Perth, & Dundee it Nth. Eastern—Berwloi. 15 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Leeds t Do York it Do Carlisle...... •.. it North London . 0 Do New I6.4'North Staffordshire ,o N. and S. W. Junction. it Scottish Central it Scot N. E., Aber. stock it Do Scot, Mid. stock .0 Shrews. and Welohpooi Shropshire Union ;South Devon.. it !South Eastern it !South Wales it IS. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok.,andWek. 15 ;Stockton & Darlington 8 Si Si 9 83 f 5 117 k 1141 61 7 35 37 16 17 91 93 101 5C6 47 8 et 7i 127 128 129 130 rio 132 91 93 Bsj G 6 1091 110 67 t 9 1031 1014 421 431 108} 1081 970 981 53 531 1111 114 127 k 1261 , 97 99 52i 63i 24 26 101 101il 155 i Sfii E 8 88i 126 129 1 2 p 78 79 I(.i Ili 124 126 41 43 98 100 63 64 34 36 90/ 91 99 101 81 1 37 38 91 10 c., a 8 1 4 163 166 5 7 1. 3 t p 15 Do :6 Do New, 1866 St Taff Vale 10 Do B LO Do C $0 Ulster 15 Do 10 Do 5t Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim st Waterford & Kilkenny et West Cornwall it W. Hartlepool ilar..tit 1 st West Midland -Oxford A Do Newport' 4t Do lieretord 92 96 22 24 Bturisa POSSESSIONS. Closing oar , ttailways Pax' Price. Business don. Ivo ialantio &at Lawrenc , all 58 60 sk 1 liona.,Barodaa.Cent Inc 100 1031 1031 103 Gu. 5 per Dent........ 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares. 74 P 1 P 01 Buffalo and Lake Huron alt 51 6 10 Do. Preference ...... all 71 81 00 Bullalo,Brant,&Godricl a p. et bds. Aug. 1, 1872 ;00 Do. do. July 1, 187'0 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 18:1 100 st Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (1,1,; 100 101 104 at eapeTown ! Dock Scril 100 102 104 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. b p.. 100 105 106 stook East Indian. gu. sp. c. 100 1044 1001 1041 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 15 4 4 p 20 Do. do. H do. .. 15 4 11 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 10u 19 20 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. all 74 16 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 58 452 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 68 68 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 51 53 100 Do. 3d Piet stock ... all 48 60 100 Do. do. deferred —. all 40 42 100 Do. 4th I'ref. stock... all 25 27 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 22 t 5 stook GtlnchaPenln.gua.sp.o 100 103 104 1031 20 Do. New gua. - 5 p. 0... 12 11 I Do. January, 1862 .. -- stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 1021 103 a 201 Gt.W. ot Canada Shares all 9: 91 204 Do. New . 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... all 83 66 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 1 p 21 stock Madras. guar., 5p.0. .. 100 101 103 stook Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 97 99 stock Dc. 4A d 0..... ... 100 92 94 92 1 20 Do. Fifth Extenson. 2 -- stock nelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 50 31e1b.415 Hobson's Bay. all 55 58 100 Do. 7 p.O. Mortg. Bds. all 10 New Brunswick a Canda Class A and B all 3 5 N.lll.C'daB pc Ist f bds 100 82 14 stock Soinde ......... ( 100 1031 1011 105 stock Do. Delhi • 100 1014 1023 20 Do. do a a 2 1 jp st I Do. Punj( .... aub (a C all 1 0 21 103 5 Do. Dv., 100 1100 k Do. Indus. St. Flo.) OOO 97 09 )LUN ItiL CTO V EttN MEIN '1 U KIT 1 ea-. k„.04.G0v. p.c.J &.J u 1; 1077-S1 100 101 103 102 1 Do. Bp. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102 Do. op. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 09 101 Do. Ip. c. Jan.4s/July. 10i 88 DO Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 50 Cape G. Hope, 6p 0,1873 100 106 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 Do. 1821 100 111 113 Do. Jan. July, 1891.. 100 109 111 Ceylon, N0v.1378, 0p c 10u 112 114 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Guy. 6 per cent. DO 108 110 N.B.Gov.Bp.o..iii...tJul , 100 101 103 1011 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 105 - N. S. W. Gov. 5 p a., 18,,i 100 99 100 Du. sp. c.,lBti. to 1-N 100 99 10 1 991 100 Do. d0.,1888 4t up wd k 100 99 160 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 108 110 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. e. I sterang, 1875. lOO 103 105 ,Queensland Gov. p. a 100 1071 ,S.Aus Gbp.c.1673.41; up.. 100 109 111 - I Vic.Gov. p.c. Ja.dauly 100 - IDo. io 6 n.c. A.n.Aoot. 100 1114 1121_1114 114_ BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 4 id uhflord Amalgamated.. 351 164 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 555 665 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 70 75 East Clogau Gold Ltd. - East Caradon ...... 1.14.6 30 31 East Carn Brea.... 3.4.0 6/ 74 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 31 4 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen , 584 10 11 !Great South Tolgus.... 17s 4 41 u. Wheal Vor (llelston .40 37 30 (Grenville.. I.lerz..cl's-Foot rt.. 8.12 25 37 llingston Downs 4. 8.0 31 44 Lady Bertha Margaret (Cray Lelant u 6 19 '2l :larke Valley.. 1 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 24 14 4 d New Setun l9l 83 95 • North Downs 2l 1 4 2 Ilaseetallo.zan 3.1.0 2 21 , North Wheal Crotty 2.6.9 41 54 tar Consols (St. Blaze) , - rrovidence(Un) Lelnt.) 10.8.7 41 43 South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 440 460 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) - ki.Wheal Iran. (Illogan 18.18.9 50 55 - Stray Park 30.17.6 32 34 - f rarnar Silv..k Lead Min. - I fin Croft 9 19 20 West Basset (Mogan) l4 11 12 W Cr radon (Liskeard; 5 20 22 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5* 871 924 Wheal Buller(ltedruth,)l 10 30 37 Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant) l 2.0.6 - WhealLud , ott I 3.5.11 21 3/ 1- Wheal MaryAnni s Llen )1 8 139 144 Wheal i.leton I 584 190 195 it Wheal Treiawney (Lis ); 7 21 24 )43 !Wheal Union 13.17 24 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western, 5 per cent. red. prf., 1021 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., 901 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg,' 111 11 Sambre and Meuse, Si San Paulo (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., SI South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 214 FOREIGN MINES. Cape Copper, lien.. 12; St. John del Rey (lien.), 451 Worthing (limited), Yudananiutana of S. Australia, lim., 35 5 5 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Alliance (Um.). 504 1 Ditto, new, 406 Anglo Austrian, 61 4 Brazilian and Portuguese, lien., 85 Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12 Chartered Bank of India. Australia. and China, 454 6 English, Sew oh, and Australian Chartered, 215 English and Swedish, lien., 125 13 European Bank, lim., 101 5 Hindustan, t..hina, and Japan (Urn.), 34 31 Imperial Bank (lim.), 364 Imperial Ottoman, 195 # I Land Mortgage Bank of India, lien., 31 London Bank of Scotland, lien., 155 5 6 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto, new, 51 London and County. 591 605 London and South African, Dit o, new, 26 London and Westminster,".B2 Merchant Bank, Bin 135 Metrop. and Prov. Bank (lim.), 27 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 414 Ditto, ditto, 34 5 New South Wales, 51 505 New Zealand Baak, 13 Oriental Balm Corporation, 645 Provincial of Ireland. 92 &Jude, Punjaub. and Delhi, 1im.,1115 Ditto, new, 10; South Australia, 401 Union of Australia, 56 Ditto, new, 325 5 MISCELLANEOUS. Bombay Gas, limited, 54 Ceylon Company, 105 Commercial Union 'lnsurance), 94 Financial Corporation, 51 Gen. Crt dit and Finance of London, Um., 85 Hudson's Bay, 19 International Financial Society, 114 Joint •stock Discount, lim., 65 Land Securities, lim., 4/ London Financial Association, Um., 265 London General Omnibus Company, 21 5 Mercantile Credit Association, lien., 135 National Discount Company, lien., 125 National Steam Navigation, lien., 41 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 82 5 ROYAL BENEVOLENCE. --The case of Julia Chula), wife of a labouring man of Deddington, Oxon, who on the 15th inst. became the mother of three fine boys, has been brought under the notice of the Queen, and we have much pleasure in stating that her Majesty has been gra ciously pleased to forward a donation of £3, which the poor woman has received with much gratitude. 471 6j• 128} 8 651 1091 i 1031 108 k 1 8 98 71 53$ 112 i 123 71 101 i THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 28, 1864. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Very little change took place in the value of wheat in the country markets held on Saturday. There was no activity in the demand, however, either for red or white qualities. Spring corn, of all descriptions, as well as flour, moved off slowly, at late rates. Letters from New York report no improvement in the demand for breadstuff!' for shipment to Great Britain. At Alexandria the export of cereal produce has been prohibited, till the new crop arrives at market. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English pro duce were small. The imports from abroad amounted to 4,768 quarters of wheat ; 2,145 barley ; 29,836 oats ; 223 beans ; 234 peas; 545 tares ; 2,389 linseed ; 1,242 oil seeds; 3b2 sundry seeds ; 275 sacks and 20 barrels of flour. A small supply of home grown wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, both from Essex and Kent. The condition of the produce was on the whole tolerably good, yet the trade was in a sluggish state for all qualities at last Monday's currency. • With foreign wheat the market was but moderately sup plied. Importers and holders showed no disposition to make any concession in prices, and the amount of business transacted was small, at late rates. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, yet previous quotations s ere supported. The demand for malt ruled heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. There was a full average supply of barley on the stands. Peas, although the demand for them was by no means active, were steady in price. In flour, both English and foreign, only a moderate business was transacted on former terms. • The supply of oats on sale was somewhat extensive. Both home• grown and foreign parcels met a slow sale, at fully the recent decline in prices. Beans—the supply of which was very moderate—ruled firm, and rather more money was in some instances obtainod. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 398 to 42s Ditto, old —s —3 Ditto, white, 1863 42s 481 Ditto, old — a —a Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Ditto, 1883 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 23s 25s Malting 258 385 Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6os 66s Brown ' 50s 64s Kingstown and Ware 6os 66s Chevalier B6s 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lino:Allah., Feeding lBB 23s 218 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black 153 23s Cork, white l6s 23s Scotch, Feeding los 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey .. 2Bs 30s Maple White 33s 38s Boilers 335 36s Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 27s 298 Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel l9s 255 advance. Down wools move off slowly, nevertheless the quotations rule firm. Last week's import was 1,135 bales from Algoa Bay. Tho following prices were realised at the recent public sales : — Sydney—Ordinary to superior flocks, is Ofd to 2s 4d ; scoured, is 10d to 2s 52d; lambs, is 6d to 2s id; do. scoured, 26 to 2s 7d; in the grease, 9d to is ld. Port Philip—Ordinary to superior flocks, is 8d to 2s 7d ; scoured, 3s to 3s sid ; lambs, is 7d to 2s; grease, is to is 40. Van Diemen's Land—Ordinary to good flocks, is 4d to is lld ; scoured, is 9d to 2s 70; lambs, is 7d to 2d; grease, 9d to is lcl. Adelaide—Ordinary to good flocks, is 3d to is 9d ; grease, 9d to is 3id. New Zealand —Ordinary to superior flocks, is 3d to 2s 2#d; scoured, is 8d to 2s ; lambs, is 4d to is Ild; grease, 9d to is 51. Cape_Ordinary to superior flocks, is 21d to 2s 8d ; lambs, Is id to is 71d ; grease, 8d to Hid per lb. The Volunteer Review at Guildford, SUNDAY EVENING. Of the many thousands who have lived within sound of Bow Bens the number must have been exceedingly small who had even the remotest idea that there was any other Blackheath in England save that particular one near to Greenwich-park. Thanks, however, to the discoveries which eertain exploring parties connected with the volunteers have made, and to the necessity which exists for finding suitable spots for rifle ranges, a second Blackheath has been found in many respects admi- rsbly suited as a Champ de Mars for the evolutions of the volunteers. In the town of Gaildford nine houses out of ten have been convtrted into boarding and lodging establiEhments, and the hotels are full to overflow- ing. On all hands on Saturday the inquiry was, " Where can I get a bed ?" And this morning, as each train brought to the town a large number of volunteers, the difficulty of finding accommodation increased with every hour. Not a few on Saturday night were glad to get a " shake down" on the floors of priN ate or publichouses, and to-night (Sun day) numbers must either walk the streets or go to the villages up or down the line a few miles from Guildford. In this state of things it is not altogether surprising that the prices demanded for beds are con siderable; ten shillings per night is by no means an uncommon figure, and is gladly paid by those who have walked the town for hours in saarch of a place to rest in. Five shillings a night, however, is the ruling _ _ . price in inns or private houses, the former of which would have been glad a week back, and will be equally glad a week hence, to lot their rooms at a shilling per night. Expostulation is useless, for the universal answer is, " Oh, the mayor told us we should get five shillings a bed ;" and if this is really so, this is one of the services for which the volun- .eers will doubtless be grateful to the mayor and .he committee who have been acting with him for the purpose of securing for the volunteers "good accommodation at moderate charges." At the White Horse a very large number of volunteers occupy the drill shed of the Ist Surrey Volunteers, and theihonse is crammed, the charges being moderate, though the quarters in the drill-shed are far from pleasant, as may be judged from the reply of one volunteer artilleryman, who, in answer to the inquiry, " How did you sleep last night ?" looked savagely, and said more savagely still, " This is my first essay at soldiering, and I'll be -- if it shall not be my last." Others, who took their discomforts more good-humouredly, informed us, "I couldn't stand the draft, it nearly cut my ear off, so I got up and eat by the fire, or went out and had a smoke," &c. The plan of battle has undergone some important modifications. The original intention, or rather that which was formed partly in accordance with the design of Lord Truro, but with considerable al terations at the hands of the military authorities, was to array the opposing forces so that the attack should be from behind a wood at the eouth eastern extremity of the heath, the enemy's four brigades being drawn up in a double line, with its guns in the centre; while the defending army, disposed in a somewhat similar way, but in more scattered order, and with its outposts in front, should occupy the opposite side of the heath. The enemy was to disclose himself suddenly, and deliver a feigned attack on the right of the defending army, which would strengthen the point assailed at the expense of its left wing. Perceiving the oppor tunity thus afforded, the enemy would then de liver its real attack on the left, by which the de fending army, having first been compelled to show an entirely new front, would be gradually pressed back to the vicinity of the Grand Stand. It now appears, however, that this programme has been carefully discussed, at the instance of Major- General Russell, who pointed out certain disad vantages calling for revision. A meeting of the generals was held yesterday afternoon, at the War Office, when Sir John Pennefather and Colonel M‘Murdo refused, it is said, to fall in with Gen. Russell's amended plan, the chief feature of which was to bn the occupying a strong position in his rear, covering the roads to Guildford, instead of changing his front, throwing back his right, and occupying a weak position. This pl which had the support of the volunteer brigadiers, was not adopted; but changes were agreed to, their sub stance being as follows: General Rumley's attack ing force will be posted behind the wood in two lines of contiguous columns at quarter-distance, with guns in the centre. General Russell will occupy nearly the position originally assigned him, but with outposts thrown further forward. Gen. Rumley will advance covered by skirmishers, a body of whom will occupy the wood on his left. On getting under fire, his first line will deploy. He will then make a feint to attack Gen. Russell's left, and, under cover of that feint, a determined attack on his right, causing him to change front. Yesterday, Surgeon Wakley came from London, and, by order of Colonel M'Murdo, appointed Mr. Ross and Mr. Butler surgeons to the field hospital for Easter Monday. This is a very important matter, as accidents may occur where so largo a mass of men are grouped together. On this occa sion there will be a tent 28 feet by 17, supplied with mattresess, splints, bandages, and every ap• pliance for contingencies, together with stretchers for the conveyance of the wounded. In the event of any accident happening to a volunteer the sur geon of his regiment or company will attend him to the hospital, and will receive every assistance from Mr. Ross and Mr. Butler. In the event of very severe accidents, a ward capable of holding from four to six beds has been placed at the disposal of the surgeons by Quartermaster Chaplin, of the 2d Royal Surrey Militia. Sergeant Bambriek has been appointed hospital sergeant to the field tent. The hospital tent will be placed within a quarter of a mile of the grand stand, and on a conspicuous ridge, with a flag flying. Either volunteers or civilians meeting with accidents should be at once sent thither. Policemen will be in attendance to assist and keep off the mob. From the broken nature of the ground, and the rabbit holes with which it abounds, it is to be feared the hospital will be re quired, as accidents are likely to occur. The chief matter of anxiety now is, of course, the weather: Cold north winds, frequent showers, and more than one fall of snow, sleet, and hail, have chilled the ardent hopes of many thousands who look forward to the enjoyment of a grand military spectacle in the midst of such scenery as England herself may be proud to own. But the clouds are higher this eveiing, and the atmosphere seems to have cleared itself in a considerable degree of the brooding storm that threatened Blackheath and the heroes of Eater Monday. So far, there has been good rather than harm done by the rainy weather ; and if it will but hold up during to-night, the ground will be none the worse to-morrow for the we that has been absorbed into its loose, peaty surface. A stranger to London would have been greatly I surprised at the appearance the Waterloo station of the South-Western Railway presented at a very early hour this morning, as it was of the most exciting character. Be would have imagined that England was engaged in some terrible encounter, and that every exertion was being made to meet force by force, i nstead of coming to the correct con clusion that it was the commencement of the great gala day of the Rifle Volunteers. The first batch of " ardent youths eager for the field," con sisting of several regiments, numbering over a thousand men, arrived with . commendable punctu ality, and in the m ost soldierlike manner marched to the departure platform, and from thence en tered the carriage s in capital order, and before the hour set for the neat acces!on. As soon as possible afterwards the signal-whistle sounded, and the train proceeded on its way amidst general con gratulations. At intervals of about 20 minutes up to five minutes to 8 the different INletropolitan and Surrey re giments contin ued to arrive, and as the last train sett it was cosiputed that between 5,000 end 6,000 rank and file bad left the station. At the Londen-hridge slation the scene was quite as exciting; as, in accordance with the War office regulations, about a similar number left London for Godalmiug by that route. As far as the opening of the day's performance in London was concerned, everything went off in the best manner, and it is only to be hoped the stern enemy of the British volunteer—the rain— will for some time allow them to enjoy their holi day to the top of their bent; Northampton races, the first legitimate meeting of the season, commences to-morrow, and occupies two days. There are seventeen events to be decided, the most im portant of which are the Great Northamptonshire Stakes the Earl Spencer's Plate, and the Whittlebury. The field for the Northampton Handicap will be selected from the following : Age st lb Fairwater \Vic grave ...... Gibraltar Glsnorchy 4 8 3 Costa Blondin .. Dollar Turn of Luck Fantail Despair Loiterer Fairwater carries the top weight. She has only 51b more to carry :his year than she did last, and as the mare is now in good form, and can stay every inch of the way, she must be very near winning, it not the actual winner. Old Gibraltar won some severe races last year, carrying heavy weights, but as horses seldom improve by age I shall discard him on the present occasion, although he may secure a " place," Wingrave is another of the heavy division, who is sure to run forward. He, will have the services of 'Wells, one of the best, if not the best, jockey of the day. Dollar will re present the French division, but I do not think he will bring many "dollars" into their exchequer. Costa, now that Lioness has been sent to the right about, will carry the confidence of Mr. Merry. He has never run up to the great form he showed as a two-yr-old. If the hon. member for Falkirk should put down the " pieces" in earnest, he will be a tough customer to dispose of. Gardener has been all the rage with the public for the last week or two. He carries 21b less than he did when he ran Asteroid and Haddington to a neck for the Chester Cup, but as he has been so long bottled up he will not have my confidence. Biondin will represent Mr. T. Parr, and I am afraid that will be all. His wretched performance the other week is quite sufficient to extinguish his chance, if ever he had any. Fantail has been defeated in a trial with Cariebrook, who is well worth watching for the Chester Cup. Lord Zetland has won an extraordinary trial with Violet and Canary. When the Danebury stable back their horses in earnest they very rarely make a mistake. Countersign I ex pect will get a situation. Lord Zetland, from his breed, is bound to stay all the way, but his performances last year were of the most wretched character. Alabama, a brown colt by Skirmisher, is entered for nearly all the great handicaps. If any movement had been made in the market in his favour, I would sooner have trusted him to carry me successfully through than the son of Voltigeur and Lady Gough. Ny final impression is that the judge will place Age st lb Gardener . 6 7 4 Touch and Go .... 4 7 2 Incitatus Caroline.. Lady of Coverham 3 6 4 Countersign Auglo-Saxon ISheridan lAlabama I Lord Ze►tlaud FAIRWATER 1 COSTA COUNTERSIGN LORD ZETLAND At the same time, I may as well state that I consider Wingrave the only other in the race likely to upset Ley calculations. The Whittlebury Stakes will be won by either Coup d'Etat or Brindisi, the Earl Spencer's Plate by Soapstone or Cerintha, and the St. Liz Handicap by Benjamin. A FRESH MAN. SEEDS. There is an improved demand for cloverseed, and prices rule steady. Trefoil is in good request at full currencies. Canary and tares are dull. East Indian linseed has ad vanced is per qr. For cakes there is a good inquiry at quite previous rates. rurntp,White,p.bus 11s to 11s Swede —8 —8 Mustard, Brown loa 13s White, Os Ils Tares, Spring....4s Od. 48 6d Old per er quarter Ns 62s - —s Canary, p quarter Rye grass, new 223 24s Clover, Red Eng., et —s —s White —s —s Foreign Rehid 44s 50s Wte sos 64s Trefoil, new 225 27s Carraway 22s 263 Coriander l2s 163 Ilempseed, per qr 94s 46s Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 718 Crushing 66s 7JB Baltic - —g —s Odessa —s -s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —s English £9los£lo 5s Foreign X 9 10s XIO —s Rape Cakes,p ton.£s Os £6 Os Rapeseed, new,pr qr 62s 65s TALLOW. The tallow trade is firm to-day, and prices have some what improved. New T.Y.C. is quoted at 42s per cwt. on the spot. Town tallow commands 41s 3d net cash. Rough fat is selling at the late advance in its value, viz., at 2s 2d per Blbs. Particulars. 1850. 1862, 1863. Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 1884. 33,582 72.244 41.118 44.496 4.628 6759 a to 683 61 to 46s0d to 4359 d to, 42e Od to -s Od —s Od Od —s d -8 Od 753 673 1,c69 1,514 1, , 51 70,750 68,624 105,171 69,611 63, 5 66 38) 828 823 812 200 9 ),251. 113,773 89.695 75,028 82,287 56s 6d , 66s 6d 48s 6d 45s 9d 43s 9d POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBZERY BY A BUTLER.—Charles Blair, butler to the Hon. Mrs. Georgiana Boyle, of No. 25, Grosvenor-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a bottle of wine, some wax candles, and other articles, the property of his mistress. Robbins, 91 C, said that about a quarter past 11 on Ssturday night, while in Hanover-square, he saw a female with a carpet bag and a parcel wrapped in a piece of stuff, pass him in a hurried manner. This excited his suspicion, and he went after her and stopped her, when she said that she had only got some pictures in the parcel for her children, but on his examining the parcel, he found under a copy of the Illustrated Netvs, a bottle of wine, about a dozen wax candles, and the remains of a dessert. On asking her where she got the articles from she said from 25, Grosvenor street, where her husband was butler. He took the female back to the house, when she said to the prisoner " This policeman has stopped me with this," at the same time, holding the bag towards him. The prisoner said, " Oh, it's all right, it's only the woman with my washing," at the same time seizing the bag and running down the kit chen stairs. After a struggle the prisoner picked up the bag and the bottle of wine, which had rolled out, and threw them under a bed in the pantry. The prisoner was then given into custody, but the female escaped. Sergeant Edwards, 2 C, said the prisoner told him that he gave the things to the female, who was his wife, and that he had three children. The Hon. Mrs. Georgiana Boyle identified the articles as her property, and said the prisoner, who had only been in her service a month, came to her well recommended. The prisoner said he W 2.8 a married man, and had three children to support, but had nothing to do it with. He was sorry for what ho had done. In anewer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was one of those cases which were now so common that it was dangerous to take persons into houses. He believed that amongst servants there existed a feeling that they had a right to take what they liked, and that their employers had no right to complain. He did not look with compassion on butlers and servants, for no per sons were better fed, lodged, or cared for, if they took care of themselves, than the upper servants in families, as was well known to every one who bad any experience. He should commit the prisoner for two months with hard labour. THAMES. A VIOLENT WOMAN.—Catherine. Harrington, a large Irishwoman, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with being disorderly and assaulting two pelice-constables named Benjamin Archer, No. 101 H, and William Eldred No. 76 H. _ The prisoner was acting in a very disorderly manner cn Saturday night, just after she had been turned out of a public house near Tower-hill, on Saturday night, and on being required to desist and go home she refused, and made a good deal of noise. She was then taken into custody, and made a violent attack on Archer, whose thumb she got in her mouth and bit it. He grasped her by the throat, and after some time made her release his thumb. Eldred then came to Archer's assistance, and the prisoner endeavoured to bite his thumb, and got in into her mouth. It was very quickly withdrawn, and the prisoner then threw herself down, and kicked and plunged fearfully. She was taken to the entrance of the Leman-street station with considerable difficulty, and refused to go any further. She was then carried into the charge room. Tne prisoner's defence was that the police constables murthered her and kilt her outright. They twisted her arms and knocked abo halmser. She wa s w i t h ou t a mar k, and, upon inquiry by gistrate, she did not appear to have met with the least ill usage. Mr. Paget said the prisoner had acted most disgracefully and fined her 40s. In default of payment to be imprisoned for, one month. Al t h oug h Mr. Paget was on the bench a t 10 o ' c lock precisely, the app lications were so numerous that it was half-past 11 o' clock before he commenee d hearing the night assigned charges. to the ourceisrt, and business usinessenough in the l arge di s trict which embraces the docks on the north side of the river, for two courts. The delays and inconvenience caused to suitors and others has become very great. m a gistrates and clerks are overworked, and with every possible exertion on their part cannot keep pace with the overwhelming mimesis of the court. The appoint ment of two additional clerks (there is work enough for six) is imperatively called for. srarrlNG—This Day. L O NDON, March 2S.—Wind this d ay at noon—Sout h- West;opl R , March 27 E.--Arrived—B e agle, mo d era te breeze, and cloudy Weather, and very f rom London for NeWfolldlalld.. PLYMOUTH, March 27.—Wmd E,—Sailed—Anti cdA. DARTMOUTH., Fides, for Bombay. OFF MOUNT'S BAY, March 27.—Arrived-7ane Brown ; from Berbice. SwANs EA, March 26. —Wind N,— Arrived--Resolution from Havannala. Pool.; March 26. Sailed Glas gow, for Berbice. HA.Rwictr, March 27,—Wind B. — Arrived—The Danish corvette Dagmar, leaky. CLYDE, March 26.—Wind N , W* — SAila—Tadouaal, for Havannah, fo O r d ma sa lt ; a. Ootia, Morning. 11P ro : d t , for Madras • Triton Arrived, M ( a ß r Y oh ll 27.- 14GETRi te CVEtTiSEELeNEr ' D71‘°11I'Ly ee ni from Bergen • Julius, from New York. steamer (s t Sailed,Seaa m i e e d r , Marchf o March ßo 2 u 7 l h 1 o as Returned, damaged •— Eu°ice from Sunder land, for Shanghae. i for D EAL, L 0 aLondon a Mon day;HMumorinhitnyg, of Mogador ; Pa of London, from Cardiff ; from Brooke,s L se o d niod D ro l n a s r y; c r h al 2 v j y . Q - e - a, l ef d ern a o Ocean, arotolfdlithoen gcl y tbr , o Mira r na ß i o c t n h b ; a y -. . Annie all Kong, f or Pilham, barque, from Shields, for Gibraltar ; K a t e schooner, from St. Michael's. Weymouth, from the north, for the west. Passed, March 23.—Kelpie. Wilhelm Kircher, from San Francisco ; Granville, from California ; Augusta G. Swill, from Havannah; B e ij e k a, from Macao; Robert Lees, from Calcutta ; London, from New York; Cambridge, from Japan; St. Thomas, packet; from Guayaquil—all for London; Hellenis, screw steamer, from London, for Malta. r epaired. The steamers Den• THE AMERICAN BLOCKADE.---HAVANNAH, s A a i i a l erdc h yest s e . r — day T , h a e fter D beeinSg o t o , Federal war steamer, bigh and Donegal, late Austin, arrived here from Mobile, the former on the 2d and the latter on the 31 inst. The Donegal brought 1,000 bales of cotton, running the block ade on the night of the 25th of February. The steamer Little Lila left here to run the blockade, but took fire and was burnt off the Florida coast. - - THE DANISH BLOCKADE.—DANTSIC, March 23. —The Danish men-of-war which were off this port on the 21st left the bay the same day, and have not been since in sight. Stettin, March 22.—The flotilla left Swine munde to-day to reconnoitre the enemy's fleet, but has seen nothing of it even at a distance of 40 miles (German). Bremen, March 23,—The Danish frigate Niels Juel, which was off Heligoland on the 17th of March, has returned to Copenhagen, where she arrived on the 19th to be docked. Papenburg, March 19.—A telegram received here from Elsinore by the owners states that the Mary Noach Lo tinge, which had been laid under embargo in that port, has been released, and proceeded on her voyage with a letter of licence. Kiel, March 23.—The blockade of this port and that of Eckernford is being effected by the Schleswig, late mall steamer, METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with foreign stock ; nevertheless, sales progressed slowly, and prices were with difficulty supported. There was a decided falling off in the arrivals of home fed beasts as to number, compared with Monday last; but the general quality of the supply was prime. The show of beasts from ocotland was good. For all breeds the demand ruled heavy at barely the late decline in value. A. few very superior Scots sold at 4s 10d; but the general top figure for beef was 4s 8,1 per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,800 Scots, short horns, and crosses ; irom other parts of England, 500 various breeds; from Scotland, 300 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 100 oxen and heifers. With sheep we were very moderately supplied ; but all breeds came to hand in good condition. Sheep, in the wool, moved off freely at fully late rates—prime Downs having realised 6s per Blbs, but clipped were dull at the late decline. The general top figure for them was 4s 8d per 81bs. Lambs— the supply of which was by no means extensive —were a slow inquiry at from 6s 8d to 7s 4d per Blbs. Calves were dull at about previous quotations. The highest price was 5s 4d per Blbs. The sale for pigs was inactive. Prices, however, were supported. Per 81bs.to e. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Secondquality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Urse. ez, inf. sheep 3 8 4 2 Second qualitydo. 4 4 5 2 Suckling calves, 16s to 23s 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... Cows — ( Sheep and lambs .... 1,770 Sheep and lambs 17,590 1 Calves Calves BB Pigs rigs . 420 The total imparts of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 4,908 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 3,687—in 1862, 2,054—in 1861, 2,035 —in 1860, 2,602 —in 1859, 2,Bol—in 1858, 1,620 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LASI WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam e• so 455 .. 150 • • 263 .. 179 Harlingen .... 456 .. .. 45 .. Hamburg .... 180 .. 1665 .. .. 139 Amsterdam.... Boulogne Bremen .. • 61 •• .• •• Dordt. ......... 20 .. 272 .. Nieu Diep •• .. • • •-• • • "" • • • • Antwerp. 4B .. ,35 .. 8 Ostend .....•... 102 .. 171 .. 8 .. 24 .. 196 ink the offal. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme. S' thdown d 0.5 10 6 0 Large orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 is 8d to 7s 4d. and quarter-old store pigs; - . . - . . - - 103 Calais o • • • • • • .. Oporto Dunkirk. .. Total .... 1434 .. 2416 .. 8 .. 3d 0 .. 680 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. .863 7OB .. 2,637 .. 340 .. 2 862 .. 196 .. 1,581 .. .. 267 .. 10 861 386 ..' 1,223 .. 426 .. ,860 L 85 9 - se '— 1858 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, March 30, 1863, and this day, Monday, March 28, 1864. Per 81b. to sink tho offal. - -- - - March 30, March 28, 1863. 1864. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 2to 3 4 3 4to 3 8 Second quality do. 3 6 310 310 4 2 Prime large oxen .. Prime Scots, &c... 4 6 4 8 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep .... 3 4 310 3 8 4 2 Second quality do .. 4 0 4 8 4 4 5 2 Prime coarse-woolled do 5.... 410 5 6 5 4 6 8 Prime Southdown do. ...... 5 8 510 510 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 6 4 8 4 2 4 6 Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs 490 260 SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 31, 1862.—Beasts, 4,610 — sheep and lambs, 19,060—calves, 142—pigs, 360. APRIL 1, 1861,—Beasts, 2,650 —sheep, 15,710—calvess 13—pigs, 320. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderately extensive supplies of meat are on sale at these markets to-day. The trade generally is in a sluggish state, at our quotations : Per 81b. by the carcase. stied 'dad Inferior beef .. 2 10 3 2 Middlingmutton 4 0 4 2 Middling do. ' . 3 4 3 8 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Vaal Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Small pork 4 2 4 6 Large pork .... 3 2 3 10 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 8 3 10 BOROUGH HOP. Last year's homegrown hops—the supply of which on sale is very moderate—are in steady request, and prices rule firm. Yearling, old, and foreign qualities are, however, a slow sale, yet the quotations are without material change from last week. The import, since our last, has amounted to only 10 bales from Hamburg, 7 from Rotterdam, and 9 from Guernsey. Mid and East Keats £5 Os to £9 10s per ow Weald of Kents 5 Os to 7 7s „ Sussex .... Yearlings 3 10s to 6 Oa „ Bavarian Belgian American BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Large supplies of potatoes continue on sale here. Gene rally speaking, the trade is dull, yet prices are without ma tari..l change from our last report. Yorkshire, Regents 4ss to 70s per ton. Flukes Rocks .. ~ 4OB to 55s „ Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 45s to 70s It Rocks Kent and Essex Regents WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a close on Wednesday last. Throughout the series the home de mand was in a healthy state, and the prices realised were Id per lb above those of last sales for Australian and all good and fine Cape produce. Surperior Cape wuol sold heavily in consequence of the absence of American buyers. There was a good demand for flue wools on French account, but the transactions for Belgium and Germany were restricted to a very narrow limit. The quantity of colonial wool now in the market for the next series already amounts to 37,000 bales. In the private contract long-stapled English wool commands considerable attention, and es are on the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, BETTING AT MANCHESTER—SATURDAY. There was an average attendance at our Subscription Rooms this day, but speculation was languid, and the chief feature was comparing bets on the Northamptonshire Stakes. Lord Zetland remained firm at 3to 1, and sto 1 became the highest offer against Gardener ; at the slightest advance on that price he would have been supported for money. Fairwater and Blondin were in fair demand; but Touch-and-Go we return in the outside division, as less than 40 to 1 against her was not accepted. For Earl Spencer's Plate Soapstone was freely backed, and closed at 5 to 1 (taken). My Mary gad Templar stood next in favour, but Flying Fish declined to 50 to 1 (taken and offered). Several " long shots" were laid against Alchymist and Zara. On the City and Suburban Handicap little business was done; and the only noteworthy features in connection with the Chester Cup were the advance of Oldminster to 50 to 1 (taken freely) and Lord Zetland, 25 to 1 being the highest offer against him at the finish. Closing prices : NORTH.O.IPTONSIIIRE STAKES. 3to 1 agst Lord Zetland (taken) sto 1 agst Gardener (offered, take 6 freely) 100 to 8 agst Costa (offered) 100 to 8 agst Wingrave (offered) 100 to 6 agst Fairwater (taken) 100 to 6 agst Dollar (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Blondin (taken and offered) 20 to 1 eget Gibraltar (take 22) 100 to 3 agst Fantail (taken and offered) 40 to 1 eget Glenorchy (taken) 40 to 1 agst Touch-and-Go (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Isca (offered) 66 to 1 agat Turn-of-Luck (taken and offered) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE, sto 1 agst Soapstone (taken) 10 to 1 agst My Mary (taken) 100 to 8 agst Templar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Cerintha (offered) 20 to 1 agst Dolphin (offered) 20 to 1 agst Aurora (offered) 25 to 1 agst Amelia (taken) 25 to 1 agst Biondella (offered) 100 to 3 agst Zara (taken) 100 to 3 agst Alchymist (taken) 50 to 1 aget Flying Fish (taken and offered) CITY AWD SUBURBAN. 100 to 7 agst Veterinarian (offered) 100 to 6 agst Liston (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Jarnicoton (offered) 40 to 1 aget Flying Fish (wanted) 40 to 1 agat Sir Roger (taken) 50 to 1 agst Vivid (taken) CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Change (offered) 20 to 1 ag:t Oldminster (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst 6, :i den Pledge (offered) 25 to 1 agat Lord Z.:timid (taken) TWO THOUSAn; GUINEAS. 6 to 1 aget Fille de l'Air (offeied) 100 to 3 agst Sir Roger (taken, THE DERBY. 8 to 1 on the field (offered) VELVET DRESS COATS V. THE OLD BROADCLOTH SWALLOW TAILS.—The Prince of Wales, it is said, proposes to abolish the swallow-tailed broadcloth coat, with its total absence of lines and superabundant buttons—put on originally to keep the sword-belt frcm slipping—in favour of a black velvet coat without tails, as like the present frock coat as the material will admit, and without, we should trust, any recurrence to the buttons, or rather systems of buttons, bS which the special beauty of velvet has since the time of Charles 11. been destroyed. The idea is a good one, and if really entertained by the Prince, a point on which we know nothing whatever, we see no reason why it should nut be successful. His Royal Highness is just now in a very happy position for making an innovation of the kind. It would not do for Englishmen to be ticketted as Englishmen all over the continent, for they are recognised easily enough by that dialect of French which Mr. Kinglake once called Continental English —ho has exchanged mots since then for mares' nests, to the world's loss but in the absence of young men at the Tuileries, an English heir-at parent, young and popular, might set the fashion for Europe as well as his mother's dominions. The frock-coat, were it but a little more like drapery, instead of mere dress—tne whole secret of pictu resqueness—is one of the best and most useful garments ever invented, and the material indicated ;:s the one which Englishmen of late years have wasted most, lig:2t falling on velvet as it never can by possibility fall on the mixture of good wool and rotton shoddy we call broadcloth. It not too costly, for it lasts, at least our wives c o m p lain so, " for ever and a day," while it admits of those hundred grades of quality without which English tailors would be mad dened by the novel necessity of drawing up honest bills. Colour is, we imagine out of the question, for besides the pronounced national taste for black—a taste which is not northern, but arises from an extreme distaste for gaudiness and individuality of appearance—there is the distinct rea son for its adoption. Any attempt to deep en apparent dis tinction of classes by dress would be warmly resented, and colour costs too much, spots too readily, and allows of toa great a difference of price in the different quality of the dyes andemployed. popular, B plainu a t nd o f th e velvet, customary i a theforcmoloalready would be a genuine improvement, would remove the outward dinginess of an English assembly, and rid us once for all of the abo • minable swallow-tail. There is a potency of bad taste in the human mind, but even Englishmen could not stand that absurd ity in an unaccustomed material, and once vetoed there is not muc h chance of the monstrosity re-appearing. Sooner should we return kto tatooing, or that equally bare a dornment the round jacet, which endures in schools be cause it is never in the way, and lasted in India till 1550 because it was the nearest approach to nudity practicable under the Policy Acts, but is about as much fitted for grown men as a spencer, and nothing else, would be for their w i ves . The stock has disappeared from everywhere except the mournful memories of old colonels, the dirty appendages called straps have almost ceased to b 3 made, and there is a among bootmakers that Providence stran ge idea creeping gave us feet that we might walk with them, and that con sequently if shoes are worn at all they may as well fit the foot, and the time may have arrived for English gentlemen to leave off wearing a tail such as all other mortals leave to fie SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day. ET ELECTRIC TELEGRIEH. DURHAM RACES--TEas DAY. TRIAL STAKES. Lady Louisa Chicquot the Jester Madame Patti % 3 Five ran. ELF MORE STAKES. King Arthur Club Queen East Ly nne Six ran. DURHAM HANDICAP. _ . Honest John Wisdom.... Mantrap 3 ix ran. CITY BETTING.—Tms DAY. NORTHAMPTONSIIME STAILES. 3to 1 agst Lord Zealand 5 to 1 agst Gardener 11 to 1 agst Costa 12 to 1 agst Fairwater 12 to 1 agst Wingrave 20 to 1 agst Alabama 25 to 1 agst Touch and Go 25 to 1 agat Gibraltar 25 to 1 agst Dollar 25 to 1 agst Blondin EARL SPENCER'S PLATE, 4to 1 agst Soapstone 10 to 1 agst Templar 10 to 1 agst Lady Clifden 12 to 1 agst Cerinthia 12 to 1 agst My Mary 16 to 1 agst Crytheia CHESTER CLP. 30 to 1 agst Golden Pledge (offered) CITY AND SUBURBIN HANDICA.r. 15 to 1 agar Voluptas (taken) THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STARES. 100 to 30 agst Lord Zetland (taken) sto 1 agst Gardener (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst Costa (taken) 11 to 1 agst Fairwater (taken) 100 to 8 agst Wingrave (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Gibraltar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dollar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Blondin (offered) 25 to 1 agst Touch-and-Go (taken and offered) 25 to 1 agst Alabama (taken and offered) 60 to 1 agst Lapidist taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE. 4to 1 agst Soapstone (taken) Sto 1 agst Lady Clifden (taken) CITY AND SUBURBAN. 100 to 6 agst Voluptas (taken) 16 to 1 agst Liston (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mail Train (taken) THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) 100 to 6 agst Forager (taken) 1000 to 35 agst First Flight (taken) 1000 to 35 agst Ely (taken) 33 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 40 to 1 agst General Peel (taken) 50 to 1 agst Baragah (taken) 50 to 1 agst Jack Frost (taken) 1000 to 15 age Balornock 1000 to 15 agst Jupon ARRIVALS AT NORTHAMPTON. Lord Zetland, Touch and Go, Wingrave, Dollar, Evelina, Breeze, Amber, Aurora, Reindeer, Tailor, Attache, Iso line, Siva, Orphene, Perseverance, Fantreluclae, Iphegenia, AudacieuQe, Lapidist, Brown Bread, Edward the Con fessor, Calenus, Turn of Luck, Tippler, Attraction, Crytheia, Redcap, Lady iEgedia, Dispute, Shrapnell, Blondin, Glendusk, Costa, Cantata, Soapstone, Waveney, Mother Bunch, Gazelle, Spanish Boy, Anglo-Saxon. Gar dener, Jezabel,Decoy, Glenorchy, Dirt Cheap. Royal High ness, T P. Cooke, Lady Nichol, Vigil, Lady Abbess, Junius, Bosh, Reserve, St. Lawrence, Gibraltar, Columbia, Wild Thyme, Pirate, Argonaut, Weatherglass, Erythia, Alabama, Jewel, Nebula, Donnybrook, Airedale, Sea Boy, Salmon, Tourist, Despair, Danaus, Worthless, Moulsey, Deerstalker, Dawdle, Dunkeld, Guerilla, Lady Bolin, Suburban, Loiterer, Fantail, Puritan, Soutnise, Beroehe, Cerintha, Gemma, Antiquary, and Tring. Garibaldi's Arrival, It is expected that Garibaldi on his arrival at Southampton will proceed to Brook Lodge, in the Isle of Wight, the country residence of Mr. Seely, M.P. for Lincoln, on Monday, the 4th April, where he intends staying about ten days, and will visit London on the 16th, arriving at the Waterloo station, and thence proceeding to the town residence of Mr. Seely, Albert-gate. At a meeting of the council of the borough of Southampton, held on Saturday at the Audit House, the following address was agreed to : " Sir,—We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the town of Southampton, in council assembled, avail ourselves of the opportunity afforded by your visit to England to give expression to the feeling of profound respect we entertain for your public and private character, and our high appreciation of the service you have rendered to the cause of your country's liberty and independence. " We desire also to offer you a hearty welcome on your arrival in this country, and to assure you that we feel it a distinguished honour to be the first com munity to receive you on the shores of Britain. The name of Garibaldi is esteemed and honoured in the homes of England, and your disinterested patriotism has long been the theme of universal admiration. " Permit us, then, to render you our cordial and sincere congratulations on the occasion of your landing at our port. We may undertake to say that nowhere in her Majesty's dominions are your noble exertions in the cause of human freedom more highly valued than they are among the people of Southampton. Having learned that your chief ob ject in visiting England is the improvement of your health, we sincerely trust that in the midst of sympathising friends you will soon be restored to complete convalescence, and that, under the protec ' tion of that Divine Power who has preserved you throughout so many dangers and vicissitudes, your valuable life may long be spared to aid in the promotion of the great end to which it has hitherto been devoted. " Given under our oommon seal this 26th d ay of March, A.D. 1864. (Signed) ~ GEO. BRINToN, Mayor. the Court of Common Council by Mr. PROPOSED PRESTEONGTAATRIIOBNALOLTIiTEIiFe RfoELDwOiMngOmPoTtißo: t J v 'C0.01111:I John Richardson: — " b g ßOe l F a i c n mhl a: d ars LONDON s o c a d iN s a: n " appropriate That the visit of Giuseppe Garibaldi recog nition by the Corporation of London of his long devotion to opportunity for the the cause of political liberty, his numerous acts of self sacrifice in America and Europe in the service of freedom ; And especially of his labours iu preparing the way for the es oblishment of Italian liberty on the basis of law, and order, and constitutional rights ; it is resolved to present him with the freedom of the City in a casket of the value of 100 guineas.' A DEATHMAN. S T P i:I E 7 I I) A a L VERDICT. — R O l a cE Th F u A r L a L d l a N y G m o r w . Payne held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of a man named Dennis Reardon, who was employed by Messrs. Dudin, of Bermondsey-wall. The poor fellow was engaged in hooking on bags of rice to a chain, to be taken to the top floor of a warehouse, hooking two bags at a time. When the bags had got about 35 feet from the ground, one of them broke away from the hook and fell on the d ecea sed, who was underneath in a stooping posture , injuring the spinered of his back in a fearful m a n ner, the rice weighing a hund weight and a half. He was immediately removed to the above hospital, where he died a few days after his admis sion. The jury returned a verdict of accidental d sr eath, hut added that they should stro n g l y advise the Mess. Dudin in future to fasten two bo oks in ode bag, or else to carry a e bags up in slings. RONAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN , ROAD.— The number of patients relieve d at this hospital during 3 029 of which 980 were the week ending March 26 was ~ new eases. THE DEATH OF TUE OF BAN - AMA. originated in a very trifling cause. On the 6th his Majesty scratched the left side of hi s chest with a pin that was attached to an order which he was fastening to Lie coat, and on the lOth he was a corpse. L + li ;